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lyrics

THE CONTROL
And many say:
You should learn self-control
You know?
Control yourself
God help your soul
Cause many think:
The population needs control
Like we a virus for
The Center For Disease Control
So they control the ground
A soldier’s vow
Canisters of tear gas
To control the crowd
And control the substance
To control the quality
And set price controls
To control economies
And you could be part
Of the control group
The grand experiment
To see what these controls do
Hypothesis: They produce a
Lust for control
As natural a reflex
As muscle control
And the result is:
You so scared to lose control
And you so scared to lose control
And you so scared to lose control
Lose control?

CHORUS
And you say:
You so scared to lose control
Of this itty-bitty life
That you control
Gotta lose your hold
On the cruise control
Or get hung by a noose
Made of do’s and don’ts
And it’s so hard to keep control
But control is illusion,
Ruse and smoke
Lose your hold
On the cruise control
Or you snooze
And the music’s gone

Calorie intake
The nicotine dream
Keep those hands and feet
And teeth clean and
Bite the nails and
Trim the beard
And be sure not to laugh too loud
Or seem weird and
Keep money in the bank
Keep cards to your chest
Just above the vest
Just above the monogrammed ‘S’
So to never show
The scars on your chest
And the rest of your flesh
Is not part of the tour and
Control your words
To control the way they see you
Give em just enough
So that they see
That you’re not see-through
Control your art
And control your family
Past, present, future
To control your sanity
Control emotions
Sew devotion
And control the seams
So to not seem controlling
Until the day you’re awoken, Broken
In no shape
To try to hold back the ocean

And it creeps in at first
Through the cracks in the molding
You pretend not to notice
Even though there’s
No one else around
And quietly and steadily
The water level keeps rising
And you’re standing
On a chair now
Flippin through
The New York Times
And you could probably
Swim to safety
But now you’re hangin
From the fixtures
And there’s not a lot of air left
A good grip is all you know

CHORUS

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from What's It Gonna Be?, released November 22, 2010

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Progressively dope, humanist hip-hop. Brooklyn. No School. All DIY everything.

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